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Asia Cup Super Four: India vs Pakistan - Top players to look out for

Having outplayed Pakistan in the group stage of the Asia Cup 2018, India will look to replicate their performance when they will up against the arch-rivals in Super Four stage on Sunday where the victory will seal their berth in the final.

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Sep 23, 2018, 13:40 IST

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Rohit Sharma is in good form in the tournament and has scored back-to-back fifties

Shikhar Dhawan is amongst the runs at the Asia Cup in UAE so far, scoring in all three matches

Jadhav was one of the star performer for India in their match against Pakistan in the group stage

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NEW DELHI: Having outplayed Pakistan in the group stage of the Asia Cup 2018, India will look to replicate their performance when they will up against the arch-rivals in Super Four stage on Sunday where the victory will seal their berth in the final.

Ahead of the match, here's a look at the top players who can be a game changers for their teams.

Rohit Sharma is in good form in the tournament and has scored back-to-back fifties in the last two innings. Rohit was in his fluent best against Pakistan in the group game, scoring 52 off 39 balls with the help of three sixes and six fours. The India skipper followed that up with a match-winning unbeaten 83 against Bangladesh in the first match of the Super Four stage.

Shikhar Dhawan is amongst the runs at the Asia Cup in UAE so far, scoring in all three matches, including a century (127) against Hong Kong. Dhawan added 86 runs for the opening wicket with Rohit Sharma in their group game against Pakistan, but missed out on a half-century and was dismissed for well-made 46 (54 balls).

The pat-time spinner was one of the star performer for India in their match against Pakistan in the group stage. The all-rounder, who prefers not to bowl during nets, snuffed out Pakistan's hopes of a competitive total with nine overs of unorthodox off-spin to return figures of 3/23 which included a maiden over too.

Kuldeep Yadav

The slow left-arm chinaman bowler had a below par outing so far in the tournament, taking just three wickets in three games. Yadav took one wicket against Pakistan in the previous encounter, giving away 37 runs in eight overs, but it was of Pakistan's top-scorer Babar Azam.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

After a torrid time against Hong Kong in the opener, India's new ball bowler has came out all guns blazing in the next two games and took six wickets. Bhuvi was the man-of-the-match against Pakistan for his 3/15 in seven overs, and he followed it up with another three-wicket haul (3/32) against Bangladesh in the Super Four match.

Jasprit Bumrah

After missing out the tournament opener against Hong Kong, the return of Jasprit Bumrah has coincided with the improved performance form the entire India bowling line-up. Bumrah has five wickets in two games so far. He took two for 23 runs against Pakistan, and also bowled two maiden overs in his 7.1 overs spell. He took three more wickets against Bangladesh in Super Four

PAKISTAN:

Fakhar Zaman

Pakistan opener started the Asia Cup with a 24 against minnows Hong Kong, but there after his form has nose-dived. Zaman was the second victim of Bhuvneshwar in the first game against India, when he was dismissed for naught after surviving nine balls. Another duck, this time after playing six balls, against Afghanistan in Super Four hasn't help much to the batsman's morale.

The veteran pro is one of the few Pakistan batsman with runs under his belt in the tournament. Malik scored a watchful 43 against India and stitched 82 runs with Babar Azam - the only substantial partnership in the match. Malik followed that up with a match-winning unbeaten 51 against Afghanistan in Super Four.

Lots are expected from the talented Pakistan left-arm fast bowler, but he is yet to deliver in the tournament. Amir is wicketless so far in two games. Even though he contributed 18 not out with the bat against India, he failed to unsettle India batsmen while defending a meagre 162 runs and finished with figures of 0/23 in six overs.

Babar Azam

Pakistan is yet to register a fifty-run opening stand, but it was of no fault from Babar Azam who has scored 146 runs @48.67 in three innings. He was Pakistan's top-scorer with 47 against India, and followed that up with 66 against Afghanistan in Super Four.

Faheem Ashraf

The all-rounder missed out the Super Four match against Afghanistan, after having a decent outing against India in their final group match. Faheen scored 21 and added 37 runs for the eighth wicket with Amir in the forgettable India match. And with his right-arm medium pace took the wicket of Shikhar Dhawan.

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